Articles from the April 6, 2023 edition
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Easter will be celebrated Sunday. This whole week is filled with observing the days before the Savior’s Resurrection. There is the Passover, Lenten, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday, then the Sunrise Services and the Easter Celebration Services t...
Easter Eggs
When I was very young my brother and I colored a few hard-boiled eggs for Easter. Sometime in the night the Easter Bunny hid our eggs plus many more around the living room. Of course, the ones the bunny brought were prettier than ours, but little...
Editor's Notebook
For his sermon title the Palm Sunday speaker at the Olive Hill Church chose “Normal isn’t returning, Jesus is Returning.” Instead of his normal attire when delivering a sermon, the speaker wore a T-shirt with those words printed on the front. A mem...
Ask a Pastor Column
Q: Will the believers that die and go to heaven be able to have any relationship with nonbelievers? A: I wish that I could provide a definite answer to this question. Unfortunately, the Bible leaves a lot of blanks concerning life after death, and...
Puffs
You can thank my brother-in-law for the beginnings of this week’s story. I was influenced by a small joke I came across in a publication he sent. My thinking went something like this: Unless you’ve been living in a cave someplace without TV, new...
Love my crazy life
One spring it seemed like every time I bought ice cream, we would end up in a tornado warning. One time the sirens were going off before we even made it home from the store. We had all four boys with us that weekend and were racing the storm home....
Grandson killed by hit and run driver in Lincoln
A 27-year-old Lincoln woman has been accused of running over and killing two maintenance workers at her south Lincoln apartment complex and allegedly tried to kill a third man, Robert Sargeant. One...
Superior utility bills contain natural gas rate billing error
It has been a bad news-good news week for City of Superior utilities customers. As March ended the city’s natural gas customers received bigger than expected bills which some dismissed as being a result of colder weather or perhaps a carryover f...
Churches holding Lenten Week services
Your newspaper has learned of the following special services being held this week, Lenten Week, in the area. There are probably more that we were not told about. The Webber United Methodist Church will hold a Good Friday service at 6 p.m. A Maundy...
Superior Schools start to search for a superintendent
Members of the Superior Board of Education met in special session Monday evening. They released Supt. Kobza from a two year contract and accepted his resignation. He has accepted a superintendent of schools position at Lansing, Kansas starting July...
Nuckolls County drafting new comprehensive plan
The Nuckolls County Fairgrounds, located near Nelson, was the location of an invitation only meeting, Tuesday morning, hosted by Bobbi Pettit, Five Rule Rural Planning. Pettit’s firm has been retained by the county commissioners to create a c...
Easter egg hunts will be held Sat.
This is by no means a complete list of Easter egg hunts but your newspaper has learned of the following scheduled hunts. The Rae Hobson Library at Republic will have an Easter Egg Hunt at 4:15 p.m. today (Thursday). Republic area youngsters will...
State Park automates permit sales
As visitors return to Lovewell State Park for the 2023 season they will notice several changes. The first maybe the automated permit kiosk near the park office. The new equipment allows for the after hours credit and debit payments of daily and...
Superior Volunteer Fire Department responded to a yard fire
Sunday afternoon, around 3 p.m., members of the Superior Volunteer Fire Department responded to a yard fire 800 block of North Central in Superior, where a back yard rapidly burnt....
Community Chorus performed Sunday afternoon and evening
Members of the Superior Area Community Chorus performed Sunday afternoon and evening at the First United Methodist Church, Superior. Pictured are (back row, from left) Laura Corman - costumes, DeAnna...
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Park release Lovewell Lake Fishing report
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has released the 2023 fishing report for Lovewell Lake. Highlights of that report follow: Catfish- Good. The catfish population will again be very good in 2023 with all sizes of channel cats and flatheads...
USD 107 Board of Education hold special meeting
The Rock Hills Board of Education held a special meeting Tuesday, March 28. Those present were Kenny Mizner, Marc Grout, Brenden Wirth, Wayne Frost, Justin Angleton, Brandon Hollerich (ZOOM), Bobi Fogo, Gary Sechrist and Janet Higer. The board went...
Rock Hills Future Business Leaders of American members attend conference in Topeka
Rock Hills Future Business Leaders of America traveled to Topeka last Wednesday to attend and compete in the Kansas State Leadership Conference. The 12 attending members were given the opportunity to...
Repairs to Theater Ceiling are on-going
The Jewell County Cinema, Inc. (JCCI) Board met last Monday. The meeting was held at the Mankato Christian Church and on ZOOM and was called to order by Thadd Hinkle. Members present were Thadd Hinkle, Phyllis Christie, Janis McDill, Virgil Jones and...
Officer Luedke and K-9 Rambo provide demonstration
The Jewell County Commissioners met last Monday. Commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe, and Ed Duskie, were present. Carla Waugh, county clerk, was present for the meeting. Officer Luedke and K-9 Rambo provided a demonstration with Rambo detecting drug...
Renae Fuller
Renae Christina Fuller was born on June 21, 1961, in Deshler, Nebraska, to Gary and Verna (Ritterling) Fuller where she grew up with brothers and a sister, Wesley Fuller, Kevin Fuller and Julie...
April declared Child Abuse Prevention Month
The Jewell County Commissioners met Monday, March 20,with commissioners Brent Beck, Keith Roe and Ed Duskie present. Carla Waugh, county clerk, attended the meeting. Tony Miller, NCK CASA, had for the commissioners’ review and approval the Child A...
Lawrence Community Center Fund inches Higher; $606,652.91 raised to date
Progress . . . Development . . . Growth . . . Advancement . . . Improvement . . . Evolution . . . Take whichever noun you want to use. They were most likely used some time last week in the monthly meeting of the Lawrence Community Center Fund...
NextGen Under 30 Program
A program called NextGen Under 30 is taking nominations for for individuals who are 30 or under and go above and beyond to add value to their communities to be recognized for their service to their community. If you know someone you would like to...
Area Easter Week Services
Nelson Community United Church of Christ: 9 a.m. with communion and Sunday School at 10 a.m. St. Stephen’s, Lawrence: Holy Thursday, 7 p.m. Sacred Heart, Lawrence: Good Friday, 7 p.m. St. Stephen’s, Lawrence: Holy Saturday, 8:30 p.m. Sacred Hea...
